alj harem1:

beginning of the end of ACN

finally

Delafruita:

I support asiwaju tinubu on this and the truth is the average lagosian/nigerian supports his position.the doctors have constituited themselves into a menace.naturally,i donot begrudge any union their right to agitate for better working condition but we all know that the best paid professionals on a general level are the doctors.just in february fashola agreed to grant them a 75% increase in their salaries as well as a tax rate reduction and less than a month after they go on strike again to request the reinstatement of olaifa who ordinarily should have resigned his position due to his been the candidate of accord party in oyo for house of assembly.truth be told,the generality of lagosians are tired of this doctors.physicians spend only a few hours on call,earn so much money,specialists rotate hospitals(state and private) on a daily roaster and earn multiple salaries but on the slightest hitch,they hold us by the jugular in the name of strike.people are dying in the hospitals but the doctors who have sworn an oath to "preserve human life" and to engage in "service to humanity" care less.let them go an work for the federal government which as they said "pays better" and leave lagos for those ready to engage in the business of saving lives

dave2:

No salary was increased and no consultant earns N700,000 per month.

dave2:

How can Lagos state government have more doctors than federal government?

dave2:

[b]They are also on strike cos of lack of medical equipment to work with.[/b]Gentlemen and ladies, please don't be deceived Fashola is more interested in building physical edifices without any consideration to the inside. What makes an hospital is the quality of facilities inside and not the beauty of the building.

snowdrops:

N700,000 a month!!! Where is that JAMB form?

Mai Suya:

LOL! na JAMB +  six years (ideally, tho in reality its about 8-10yrs) medical school, 1 year house job, 1 year NYSC, 6-10yrs residency.

Its instructive to note that most, if not all consultants, in addition to their roles in the hospital also lecture medical students, and they are paid separately for both functions. The 700, 000 stated here is most likely the sum of their monthly package  

In Federal Hospitals, the average consultant should be going home with about a million naira monthly

Mai Suya:

LOL! na JAMB +  six years (ideally, tho in reality its about 8-10yrs) medical school, 1 year house job, 1 year NYSC, 6-10yrs residency.

Its instructive to note that most, if not all consultants, in addition to their roles in the hospital also lecture medical students, and they are paid separately for both functions. The 700, 000 stated here is most likely the sum of their monthly package  

In Federal Hospitals, the average consultant should be going home with about a million naira monthly

snowdrops:

Ehmm incorrect, they do.

I guess he meant Lagos state govt have more doctors than federal govt IN LAGOS STATE. Blame the messenger [journalist] and not the message.

Ah ah. Bros when last did you go to the state hospital. It is one of the most equipped hospital not only in Nigeria but dare i say Africa. All thanks to Fashola.

WorkingDoc:

Sad sad sad, indeed on the average as a working mom and doctor I see more than 60patients  a day. I leave home by 6.30am to get to work before 8am and leave work on a good day by 5pm on a bad one even when am not on call 7pm to get home 9pm if am lucky. I have no car ( oh maybe I just missed out on the roll call when the cars were issued out or maybe all of us in my department missed out on it seeing that our rules claim they gave them out to us)! I live at Ibafo and everyday commute by public transport ( a mix of Okadaand danfo to Lagos Island getting increasingly difficult to dress formal as is expected of me and still ride Okada, I ignore pitiful looks of shame i see on my neighbours faces everyday as I spread my legs to leap with pride on the okada I know what the locals are thinking, " A whole doctor riding okada to work" alas they know not that I cannot afford any better on my salary and with my small family of two children I have to do what I have to do. I live in Ibafo because that is the only place my meager salary can afford the housing rate ( after all my govt only pays me 13000 as part of my so called salary for housing allowance , I guess I missed out again on the roll call for free housing)!

My children attend some kind public school( and we all know what those standards are) because I have to cut my coat to size, where can I now a single mom afford to get the average of 1million for a good private school when my total wages in a year barely comes to that million oh and yes I am earning just 120000 on a good month! On days when the Oracle just decides to tax more I take home 110000 so sometimes I never know what the tax will be next month I just pray it is 120000 and swallow my pride and thank God for the peanuts threwn my way. I find it increasing hard to sleep as I wonder if ever on this salary and at this rate can I ever dream that one of my children will get the oppportunity to follow in my career path. Education is the foundation to a good future and right now I know in my heart I am not doing right by my children.I have neighbors and my mother helping out with the children while I work taking care of other people. Yet even then finacially I cannot provide these care givers what they fully need to help care for my children. I am a single mother today because my job is so tasking and my hours crazy my hubby left us, his reason," On cal on call never at home to be wife and mother and nothing to show for it!" So while I was busy servicing the system someone busy servicing my home and my husband. Where does this all leave me?! I spent years getting this education in hopes of a better brighter future and now I work 3 times more than my counter parts and earn way less. . I am on strike because my beloved Governor never paid me what he promised he did not keep his word and my family is crumbling! if u'd like to see my last paycheck maybe we can meet and then u'd know this is a matter of life and death, for me and for the patients. I am only asking to be justly compensated for the hard work I do. I dont even have time to seek extra work because this occupies my whole day and by the time am home am useless to everyone including myself. I'd love to invite u all to live a day in my shoes, do my calls and for that person that called it only a few hours, it is a few hours saving lives, all u need are minutes seconds to make a difference between life and death.

Cumulation of stress, frustration and poverty does not a good doctor make nor does it reduce mortality or improve health standards. The buildings are beautiful but what about the people who will work in it? I am not the government. It is not my job to provide health service for the people, i am only a tool in Fashola's hands for him to get the job done. He is the governor to the people of which I am part off. I am tired of the lies, the name calling and the suffering and I am not alone . In the end I am only just human too and this strike is my cry for help! So please before u start judging remember though a doctor I have to save myself to save others!

WorkingDoc link=topic=611042.msg7792348#msg7792348 date=1298555622:

Sad sad sad, indeed on the average as a working mom and doctor I see more than 60patients  a day. I leave home by 6.30am to get to work before 8am and leave work on a good day by 5pm on a bad one even when am not on call 7pm to get home 9pm if am lucky. I have no car ( oh maybe I just missed out on the roll call when the cars were issued out or maybe all of us in my department missed out on it seeing that our rules claim they gave them out to us)! I live at Ibafo and everyday commute by public transport ( a mix of Okadaand danfo to Lagos Island getting increasingly difficult to dress formal as is expected of me and still ride Okada, I ignore pitiful looks of shame i see on my neighbours faces everyday as I spread my legs to leap with pride on the okada I know what the locals are thinking, " A whole doctor riding okada to work" alas they know not that I cannot afford any better on my salary and with my small family of two children I have to do what I have to do. I live in Ibafo because that is the only place my meager salary can afford the housing rate ( after all my govt only pays me 13000 as part of my so called salary for housing allowance , I guess I missed out again on the roll call for free housing)!

My children attend some kind public school( and we all know what those standards are) because I have to cut my coat to size, where can I now a single mom afford to get the average of 1million for a good private school when my total wages in a year barely comes to that million oh and yes I am earning just 120000 on a good month! On days when the Oracle just decides to tax more I take home 110000 so sometimes I never know what the tax will be next month I just pray it is 120000 and swallow my pride and thank God for the peanuts threwn my way. I find it increasing hard to sleep as I wonder if ever on this salary and at this rate can I ever dream that one of my children will get the oppportunity to follow in my career path. Education is the foundation to a good future and right now I know in my heart I am not doing right by my children.I have neighbors and my mother helping out with the children while I work taking care of other people. Yet even then finacially I cannot provide these care givers what they fully need to help care for my children. I am a single mother today because my job is so tasking and my hours crazy my hubby left us, his reason," On cal on call never at home to be wife and mother and nothing to show for it!" So while I was busy servicing the system someone busy servicing my home and my husband. Where does this all leave me?! I spent years getting this education in hopes of a better brighter future and now I work 3 times more than my counter parts and earn way less. . I am on strike because my beloved Governor never paid me what he promised he did not keep his word and my family is crumbling! if u'd like to see my last paycheck maybe we can meet and then u'd know this is a matter of life and death, for me and for the patients. I am only asking to be justly compensated for the hard work I do. I dont even have time to seek extra work because this occupies my whole day and by the time am home am useless to everyone including myself. I'd love to invite u all to live a day in my shoes, do my calls and for that person that called it only a few hours, it is a few hours saving lives, all u need are minutes seconds to make a difference between life and death.

Cumulation of stress, frustration and poverty does not a good doctor make nor does it reduce mortality or improve health standards. The buildings are beautiful but what about the people who will work in it? I am not the government. It is not my job to provide health service for the people, i am only a tool in Fashola's hands for him to get the job done. He is the governor to the people of which I am part off. I am tired of the lies, the name calling and the suffering and I am not alone . In the end I am only just human too and this strike is my cry for help! So please before u start judging remember though a doctor I have to save myself to save others!

Doctor's are not the only professionals facing hardship as a result of poor remuneration but by Jove they are supposed to save lives . That's a primary objective. To see this responsibility so undermined is saddening. I ask myself is society so debased that Doctor's done tools because of not reaching a 100% target in their negotiation. Trade union negotiation is all about give and take. The state yielded ground, so the Doctor's must be magnanimous. Remember "the arrow of the Gods". The strike is unpopular. Got to take my wife to a private clinic.

zerocool:

Yes, TCD is right. Salary increase is from 74% to 75%. Just 1% increase. U tink say na beans c become dokita? Abeg go collect JAMB form and see if u won't spend 10 years studying as a medico and if u're unfortunate, u may be adviced to withdraw after 4 years in medical school, if you under-perform. Let the doctors fight for their financial welfare jare.

octor's are not the only professionals facing hardship as a result of poor remuneration but by Jove they are supposed to save lives . That's a primary objective. To see this responsibility so undermined is saddening.  I ask myself is society so debased that Doctor's done tools because of not reaching a 100% target in their negotiation. Trade union negotiation is all about give and take. The state yielded ground, so the Doctor's must be magnanimous. Remember "the arrow of the Gods". The strike is unpopular. Got to take my wife to a private clinic.

snowdrops:

Ehmm incorrect, they do.

I guess he meant Lagos state govt have more doctors than federal govt IN LAGOS STATE. Blame the messenger [journalist] and not the message.

Ah ah. Bros when last did you go to the state hospital. It is one of the most equipped hospital not only in Nigeria but dare i say Africa. All thanks to Fashola.